diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py b/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
index 6036024c2..5621f391f 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ from fontTools.misc.loggingTools import configLogger
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-version = __version__ = "4.50.1.dev0"
+version = __version__ = "4.51.0"
 
 __all__ = ["version", "log", "configLogger"]
diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 624106820..f886439ad 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+4.51.0 (released 2024-04-05)
+----------------------------
+
 - [ttLib] Optimization on loading aux fields (#3464).
 - [ttFont] Add reorderGlyphs (#3468).
 
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 0d1a1fbd9..6e0495ef4 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 4.50.1.dev0
+current_version = 4.51.0
 commit = True
 tag = False
 tag_name = {new_version}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5cb27afc5..cdb1cf18b 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ if ext_modules:
 
 setup_params = dict(
     name="fonttools",
-    version="4.50.1.dev0",
+    version="4.51.0",
     description="Tools to manipulate font files",
     author="Just van Rossum",
     author_email="just@letterror.com",